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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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