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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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