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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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