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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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