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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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