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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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