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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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