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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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