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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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