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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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