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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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