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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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