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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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