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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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