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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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