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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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