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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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