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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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