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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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