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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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