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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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