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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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