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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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