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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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