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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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