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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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