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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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