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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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