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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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