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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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