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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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