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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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