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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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