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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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