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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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