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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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