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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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