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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates 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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