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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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