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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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