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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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