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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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