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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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