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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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