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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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