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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes 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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