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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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