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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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