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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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