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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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