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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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