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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key 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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