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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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