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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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