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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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