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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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