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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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