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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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