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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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