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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key 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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