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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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