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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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