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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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