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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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