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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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