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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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