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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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