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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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