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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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