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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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