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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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