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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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