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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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