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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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