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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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