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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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