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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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