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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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