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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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