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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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