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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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