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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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