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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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