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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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