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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines 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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