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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the 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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