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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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