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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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