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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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