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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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