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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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