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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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