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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand 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 issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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