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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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