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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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