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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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