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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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