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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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