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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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