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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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