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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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