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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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