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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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