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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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