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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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