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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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