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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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