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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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