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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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