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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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