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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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