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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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