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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews 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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