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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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