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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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