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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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