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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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