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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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