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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the 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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