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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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