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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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