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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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