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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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