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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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