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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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