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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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