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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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