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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses 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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