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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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