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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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