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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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