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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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