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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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