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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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