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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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