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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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