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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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