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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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