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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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