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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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