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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key 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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