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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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