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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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