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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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