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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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