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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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