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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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