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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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