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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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