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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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