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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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