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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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