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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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