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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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