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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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