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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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