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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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