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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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