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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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