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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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