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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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