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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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