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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes 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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