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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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