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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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