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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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