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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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