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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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