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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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