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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the exciting 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 amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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