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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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