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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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