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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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