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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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