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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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