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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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