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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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