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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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