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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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