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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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