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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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