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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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