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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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