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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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