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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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