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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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