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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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