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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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