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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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