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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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