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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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