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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in 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. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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