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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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