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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major 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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