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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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