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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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