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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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