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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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