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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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