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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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