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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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