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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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