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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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