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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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