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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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