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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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