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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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