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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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