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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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