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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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