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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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