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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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