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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes 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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