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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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