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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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