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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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