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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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