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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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