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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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