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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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