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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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