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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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