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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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