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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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