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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. 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 massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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