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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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