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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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