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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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