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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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