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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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