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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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