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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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