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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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