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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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