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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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