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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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