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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important 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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