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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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