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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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