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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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