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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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