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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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