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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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