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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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