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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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