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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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