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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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