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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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