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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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