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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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