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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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