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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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