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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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