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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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