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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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