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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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