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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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