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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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