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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major 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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