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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the 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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