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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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