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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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