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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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