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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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