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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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