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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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