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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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