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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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