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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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