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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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