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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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