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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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