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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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