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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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