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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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