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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the major 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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