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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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