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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing 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 issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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