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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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