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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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