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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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