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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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