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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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