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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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