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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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