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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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