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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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