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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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