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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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