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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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