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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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