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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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