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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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