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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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