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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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