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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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