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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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