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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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