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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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