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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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