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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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