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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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