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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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