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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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