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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines 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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