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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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