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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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