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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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