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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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