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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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