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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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