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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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