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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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