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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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