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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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