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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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