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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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