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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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