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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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