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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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