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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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