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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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