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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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