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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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