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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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