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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews 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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