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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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