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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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