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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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