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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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