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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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