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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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