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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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