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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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