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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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