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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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