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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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