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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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