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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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