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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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