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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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