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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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