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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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