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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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