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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting 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 thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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