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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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