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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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