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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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