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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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