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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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