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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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