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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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