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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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