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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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