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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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