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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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