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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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