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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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