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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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