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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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