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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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