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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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