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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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