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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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