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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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