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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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