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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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