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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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