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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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