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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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