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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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