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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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