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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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