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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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