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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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