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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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