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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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