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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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