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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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