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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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