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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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