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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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