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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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