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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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