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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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