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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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