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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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