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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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