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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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