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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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