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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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