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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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