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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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