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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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