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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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