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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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