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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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