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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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