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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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