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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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