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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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