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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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