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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the sensational 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 book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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