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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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