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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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