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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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