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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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