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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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