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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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