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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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