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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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