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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always 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 several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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