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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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