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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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