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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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