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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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