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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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