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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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