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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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