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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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