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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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