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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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