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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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