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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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