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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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