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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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