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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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