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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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