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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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