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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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