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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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