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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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