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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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