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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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