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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies 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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