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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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