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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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