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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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