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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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