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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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