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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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