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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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