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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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