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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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