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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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