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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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