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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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