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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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