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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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