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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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