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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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