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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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