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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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