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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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