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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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