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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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