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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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