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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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