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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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