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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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