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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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