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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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