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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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