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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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