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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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