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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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