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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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