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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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