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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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