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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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