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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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