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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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