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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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