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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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