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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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