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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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