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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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