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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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