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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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