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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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