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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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