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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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