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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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