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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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