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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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