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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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