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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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