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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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