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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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