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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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