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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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