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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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