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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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