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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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