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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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