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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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