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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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