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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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