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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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