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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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