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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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