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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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