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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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