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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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