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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the authoritative 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 scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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