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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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