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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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