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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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