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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important 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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