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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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