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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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