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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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